Bug 1256426 – CVE-2015-5237 protobuf: integer overflow in serialization

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Bug 1256426 - (CVE-2015-5237) CVE-2015-5237 protobuf: integer overflow in serialization

Summary:	CVE-2015-5237 protobuf: integer overflow in serialization

Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2015-5237

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks:	1253278 1256432
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Reported:	2015-08-24 10:32 EDT by Florian Weimer
Modified:	2015-08-27 04:53 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2015-08-27 04:53:18 EDT
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Description Florian Weimer 2015-08-24 10:32:30 EDT

It was discovered that the protobuf library and code generated by the
protobuf compiler store size information in an int variable, which may
truncate size values on 64-bit architectures, leading to a heap-based
buffer overflow.

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This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

Comment 2 Florian Weimer 2015-08-27 04:53:18 EDT

Upstream bug: https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760

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